Encheliophis boraborensis

Animalia/Chordata/Ophidiiformes/Carapidae/Encheliophis

At a glance

Occurrence records107

Data sources7

Biological traits7

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Encheliophis boraborensis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility46 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System61 records↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS107 records

01Narrative

The pinhead pearlfish, Encheliophis boraborensis, is a species of slender, ray-finned fish in the family Carapidae found in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean; it normally lives inside the body cavity of a sea cucumber such as the pineapple sea cucumber (Thelenota ananas) or the leopard sea cucumber (Bohadschia argus).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length30 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max150 m

Depth min1 m

Vulnerability20

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type107 records

Wild obs. + sensor4

Museum / vouchered101

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO160 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit8

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 4.2 m · max 43 m · 8 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor4

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy30% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 4≤10 km 23>10 km 5

40 georeferenced · 61 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence101

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 10 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	9
Paris, FR	8
CASlocation not on record	6
Cambridge, US	5
Kagoshima University Museumlocation not on record	5
University of California San Diegolocation not on record	4
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	3
Washington, US	2
FishBaselocation not on record	1
Museums Victorialocation not on record	1

10 institutions · 44 of 101 vouchered records shown